articleJungheinrich releases compact reach trucks for narrow aisles
The trucks are designed for narrow aisles, can lift to over 7m and operators can check payloads to ensure safety limits are not exceeded.
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articleDesigned for medium-duty
Linde Material Handling has added four models to its extensive portfolio of reach trucks.
articleUnified approach
The UniCarriers Group has moved to unify the forklift brands within the company. The company was formed in 2011 from Atlet, Nissan Forklift and TCM. Forklifts will now be sold under the UniCarriers brand.
articleProductivity boost
Toyota says you can find out your optimum fleet size and how to best use your forklifts using its I_Site software.
articleComprehensive approach
Linde unveils an impressive range of forklift tools, such as Safety Pilot which allows operators to calculate load lift limits.
product750,000th truck
Linde Material Handling is celebrating a milestone in manufacturing at its main plant in Aschaffenburg, Germany with the assembly of its 750,000th truck. It also announced the biggest ever investment at the Aschaffenburg site – worth about 60 million Euros – which will be focused on expanding the busy site by 2021.
articleDon’t be casual about Christmas warehouse staff
With the Christmas rush approaching fast, the UK’s largest forklift truck training provider, Mentor Training, has reminded businesses that inadequate training for seasonal staff can put everyone in danger.
articleForklift transfer platform provides safe solution
Contact Attachments supplied one of its forklift platforms to Abrasive Finishing Systems to enable the firm’s employees to move machines in and out of its demonstration room on the first floor of its building in a safer and more efficient manner.
articleWindsor acquires Ambassador Lift Trucks
Windsor Materials Handling has acquired Essex-based Ambassador Forklifts.
productDoosan debuts G2
Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK has launched environmentally-friendly, cost-effective forklifts using the G2 engine, which Doosan designed from scratch to meet the latest emissions regulations.
productMaintenance & service package
Materials handling services specialist Briggs Equipment has won a new contract worth £250,000 to supply forklift trucks along with lift and access equipment to Car Parts Industries (CPI), one of the leading remanufacturers of automotive parts in Europe.
productKeg handling attachments
Hartlepool-based Camerons Brewery produces over half a million barrels of beer on site per annum, equating to over 180 million pints per year. To support growth at the brewery, forklift attachment supplier and exclusive UK distributor of Kaup equipment, B&B Attachments, has supplied five innovative Kaup keg clamps through Jungheinrich.
productObstacle detection system
Supplier of aggregate and concrete, J Clubb, is trialling Brigade’s new radar obstacle detection system to provide drivers with clear warnings of people or obstructions in the way of manoeuvring mobile plant.
productPlug & play key management
Key and asset management specialist, Traka, has launched Traka 21, an innovative plug and play system that provides small to medium size businesses with the latest intelligent key management solutions.
newsAisle-Master is the natural choice for GR Lane
When GR Lane Health Products was looking for replacements for its ageing fleet of articulated forklifts, a critical issue was not only finding trucks that would fit the bill from a quality and performance point of view but which would also fit into very narrow pre-existing aisle widths.
productForklift training
As businesses gear up for Christmas, temporary or casual workers are often employed. According to Carrylift Group, research has shown that the average employee is up to four times as likely to cause or be involved in an accident during their first month’s employment and that each percentage point increase of new staff heightens the company’s risk of major injuries by 1.7-2.5%.
newsPackaging supplier reduces forklift fleet by 20% in rationalisation exercise
Macfarlane Packaging to reduced its forklift fleet by 20% by switching to 70 lift trucks provided by Yale dealer Forkway across its network of 16 distribution centres and three manufacturing facilities. Importantly, the firm also boosted handling reliability by standardising on one brand of trucks.
newsWin acclaim for your safe site
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) is inviting all owners and operators of fork lift trucks to enter their workplace in the biggest awards show in the materials handling calendar: the annual Awards for Excellence 2015.
newsNew Toyota forklift engine meets stringent emissions regulations
Toyota Material Handling launched a new Toyota 41kW diesel engine for Tonero torque converter forklifts for 1.5 to 3.5t models, to help improve engine efficiency.
articleGet with the programme
Peter Harvey, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association, outlines the Safer Site Programme – its most ambitious safety initiative yet.
